In Alexa's Shoes: Captured by the Nazis, can she triumph over tragedy? (A gripping WWII historical fiction novel) - Hardcover

Alexandra, Rochelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1640856153 ISBN 13: 9781640856158

Publisher: Author Academy Elite, 2019

Synopsis

In Alexa's Shoes - a dramatic, uplifting true story of a young girls struggle to overcome great odds to survive through WWII.

In the autumn of 1940, thirteen-year-old Alexa's happy life is ripped from her as she, her mother, and many of the locals are rounded up by the Nazis in Poland. Loaded onto cattle trucks, they are transported to an unknown destination. Terror and uncertainty become the new normal. Life is a continuous nightmare as she is selected by a SS officer's wife, destined to become little more than their slave.

Separated from everyone she loves Alexa relies on her Christian faith, inner strength and courage, to endure through her long nightmare. Her story takes her on a treacherous journey across war-ravaged Europe in search of her family and the life she once knew. Despite living through unimaginable hardships and life-threatening danger, Alexa feels that someone, or something, seems to be looking out for her. Years later, she finds out that not all was as it seemed, as hidden secrets from this dark period in history are revealed to her.

In Alexa's Shoes is a historical novel that beckons the reader to follow in the footsteps of a real-life individual who walks by faith to triumph over tragedy, one step at a time. It is based on the true story of the author's grandmother.

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About the Author

Rochelle Alexandra was born in Glasgow Scotland, where she grew up, then moved to live in New York when she was eighteen. She had an early love for writing poetry, winning a national award and later, had a few poems published in the USA. She's a talented artist and photographer with a real love for children, horse riding and travel. Her favorite jobs were in advertising agencies, working for a newspaper, as a photographer's assistant and as a private chef. She also ran her own freelance art business painting portraits, murals and abstracts.Rochelle never set out to be a writer, but after hearing her Polish grandmother's gripping true life history during WWII, she promised her gran she would rewrite her story into a novel one day. Sadly, her grandmother Alexa passed away almost two months before the novel 'In Alexa's Shoes' about her life was published, aged 92.Currently, Rochelle Alexandra is writing the sequel to In Alexa's Shoes.Rochelle Alexandra was chosen as AUTHOR of the YEAR 2019, by Author Academy Elite.The Amazon #1 International Bestseller - In Alexa's Shoes was a TOP 10 finalist in the Author Academy Awards 2019, in the historical fiction category and won 2nd place in the historical fiction category of the Author Elite Awards 2020.

Edition details

• Publisher: Author Academy Elite
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1640856153
• ISBN 13: 9781640856158
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 336